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But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. Necessary Necessary. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. She was a member of the Menominee tribe and and had a blended heritage of French and American Indian. As a child, she attended St. She later left the reservation to receive her secondary education at the Riggs School at Flandreau, South Dakota, from which she graduated.
But education didn't help her find work and she was forced to take whatever employment she could find. She migrated through Wisconsin into Chicago. She was married to Welton Spark, who was imprisoned for post office robbery, and went under the name "Billie" Spark. Her first experience in a shootout with Dillinger occurred in November, , as the two were leaving the office of Dr. Eye in Chicago. Evelyn traveled with Dillinger in a route that would take them through Florida and into Tucson, Arizona.
In the s she returned to the Menominee Reservation and lived a quiet life. She passed away in Shawano in This story was written by Gary Entz and produced for radio by Mackenzie Martin. Some music for this commentary came Podington Bear. Search Query Show Search. Features and Podcasts. Program Schedule. Community Calendar. Show Search Search Query. Play Live Radio.
Next Up:. The Dillinger family, along with John Jr. Chicago Tribune historical photo. The family of American bank robber John Dillinger wait outside a theatre in Indianapolis, where they will be regaling the audience with tales of the famous outlaw, 31st July Dillinger had been shot and killed by federal agents only nine days earlier.
From left to right, they are John Dillinger, Sr. Evelyn Frechette, alias Ann Martin, John Dillinger's sweetheart, has been arrested in Chicago on a charge of harbouring a fugitive.
It is alleged that Evelyn Frechetti was in Dillinger's company when he tried to fight off the federal police who attempted to capture him at St Paul, Minn, USA She had been previously arrested with him in Tucson, Arizona, and had posed as his wife on visits to him during Dillinger's brief stay at the Crown Point, Indiana, jail. Evelyn 'Billie' Frechette, 27, right, was arrested in Chicago while her boyfriend and fugitive, John Dillinger, watched helplessly nearby on April 9, Frechette, who had met Dillinger in , was charged with harboring the fugitive in her apartment.
She spent two years in jail, getting out in Upon her release, Frechette toured in a theatrical production called "Crime Doesn't Pay" with members of Dillinger's family. Evelyn Frechette, the dark haired, half Indian companion, who was left behind when John Dillinger machine gunned his way to freedom and eventual death out of the Federal trap in the little Bohemian resort in Northern Wisconsin, smiles for the camera as she arrived in Chicago.
She hopes to get a job in the windy city--and it's the straight and narrow for her from now on.
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